How to solve MTS importing issues with Adobe Premiere Pro

Have made some videos in MTS with your HD video camcorders and only found that these MTS files can't be opened and edited in Adobe Premiere Pro natively? Actually, Adobe claimed that Premiere Pro CS5 and above offer much better native AVCHD support than its predecessor, but there are still some video, audio codec problems while importing/editing MTS clips in Premiere Pro. Plus, even if the Adobe program can ingest your AVCHD MTS files directly, it takes a long time for rendering. The best way to work MTS footage with Premiere Pro is to convert MTS to Adobe Premiere Pro CC/CS6/CS5/CS4 most compatible format MPEG-2. Learn details.

To transcode MTS to Premiere Pro without losing the quality, Brorsoft iMedia Converter for Mac is highly recommended. With it, you can effortlessly transcode MTS videos(no matter from the whole AVCHD structure or just single MTS video) to MPEG-2 for smoothly editing in Premiere Pro without quality loss. Plus, this program also can help you convert and edit MTS files with Avid Media Composer, Final Cut Pro, iMovie and more NLE systems. For windows users, please turn to Blu-ray Video Converter Ultimate. Download the program and you can edit MTS files in Adobe Premiere Pro smoothly as you wish.

Download the MTS to Premiere Pro Converter:

Converting MTS files to edit in Premiere CC/CS6/CS5/CS4

1. Import AVCHD MTS videos to the software

Once run the MTS to Adobe Premiere Converter, you can click "Add Video" button (or "Add from folder") to load AVCHD MTS source files. Convert supports batch conversion, so you are allowed to add multiple files to convert at a time.

2. Select MPG as output format

Click the format bar, and move mouse cursor to "Adobe Premiere/Sony Vegas" and select "MPEG-2(*.mpg)" as the output format. By the way, the Mac AVCHD Converter also supports output Apple ProRes for FCP, AIC for iMovie, DNxHD for Avid, etc.

Tips - Adjust audio and video settings

The Mac MTS converter enables users to adjust audio and video settings before transcoding AVCHD files to other formats. Click "Settings" button, then you will enter the following interface, on which you are allowed to customize size, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate, and audio channel to your required ones.

3. Start the conversion process

Click the "Convert" button to start transcoding MTS to MPEG-2 for Adobe Premiere Pro.

When the conversion is finished, you can click "Open" button to get the generated .mpg files effortlessly. Afterwards, you can launch Adobe program, and then choose "File > Import to import the converted MTS files into Premiere Pro for further editing.

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